My vimrc

vimrc

" I like syntax highlighting ... mainly the reason why I started to use vim
syntax on

" Make tabs to be represented as 3 spaces
set tabstop=3
" Force tabs to become spaces (3 spaces)
set softtabstop=3
set expandtab

"== Set colorcolumn to be enabled when it goes over colum 80. 
"set colorcolumn=81
highlight ColorColumn ctermbg=magenta
call matchadd('ColorColumn', '\%81v.*', 100)

"== Set listchar to show off tabs and trailing spaces
set listchars=tab:>~,trail:.

"== Higlight search
set incsearch 
set hlsearch 
nnoremap <silent> n   n:call HLNext(0.4)<cr>
nnoremap <silent> N   N:call HLNext(0.4)<cr>
highlight WhiteOnRed ctermbg=red ctermfg=white
" highlight the match in red (Damian Conway)
function! HLNext (blinktime)
    let [bufnum, lnum, col, off] = getpos('.')
    let matchlen = strlen(matchstr(strpart(getline('.'),col-1),@/))
    let target_pat = '\c\%#'.@/
    let ring = matchadd('WhiteOnRed', target_pat, 101)
    redraw
    exec 'sleep ' . float2nr(a:blinktime * 1000) . 'm'
    call matchdelete(ring)
    redraw
endfunction

" remap CTRL-v to just v, when in command mode. Easier Life
nnoremap    v   <C-V>
nnoremap <C-V>     v
vnoremap    v   <C-V>
vnoremap <C-V>     v

"== spelling 
nmap  ;s     :set invspell spelllang=en<CR>